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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« on: April 12, 2012, 09:05:58 AM »

Does this thread even warrant a response? Yes, if you deliberately look up the address and full legal name of voters with the specific intent to lie about your identity at the voting booth, you will succeed. However, there's no record of this voting fraud happening at a rate worth excluding a sizable percentage of voters from the rolls.
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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 09:25:32 AM »

Does this thread even warrant a response? Yes, if you deliberately look up the address and full legal name of voters with the specific intent to lie about your identity at the voting booth, you will succeed. However, there's no record of this voting fraud happening at a rate worth excluding a sizable percentage of voters from the rolls.

The possibility alone that you can potentially commit voter fraud warrants a change in the system to avoid such fraud. Because after the election, who will check the signatures of millions of voters if they are similar to the one on the registration forms ? I wonder how any sane Democrat can oppose voter photo ID.

There have been plenty of cases where investigations were conducted using that same method and it showed that fraud was virtually non-existent. I'm only opposed to voter photo ID because it would disenfranchise a large portion of the electorate over what I view to be a non-issue. Minnesota's alternative is good though:

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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2012, 09:56:28 AM »

Does this thread even warrant a response? Yes, if you deliberately look up the address and full legal name of voters with the specific intent to lie about your identity at the voting booth, you will succeed. However, there's no record of this voting fraud happening at a rate worth excluding a sizable percentage of voters from the rolls.

It's a good thing, then, that nobody has shown in court that they would be 'excluded' from voting. Let alone a 'sizable percentage' of someones.

You're obfuscating the issue: a large portion of eligible voters (~10 percent) don't have photo ids and therefore couldn't participate in the process without obtaining one. I know you don't care about these individuals just like you don't care about public workers, teachers and minorities but this is actually a legitimate concern for people who posses the ability to empathize.
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